Gordon Brown warns of second Scottish referendum risk

Gordon Brown has been hitting the campaign trail hard in Scotland over the past few days, and he’s in Elderslie today, backing Shadow Foreign Secretary (and former Brown aide) Douglas Alexander in his Paisley and Renfrewshire East seat. Few would have expected that Alexander’s seat would be on the line a few months ago – or that Brown would play a potentially crucial role in this election – but that’s where things stand today.

In a speech this morning, Brown was particularly keen to warn against the division that would be caused by a second Scottish referendum:

“I believe that the majority of Scots are like me,  both proud patriots and men and women who want real change.

“And we need people to vote Labour because if we end up on May 8th with  a host of SNP MPs and a Tory government we will not only be denied real change we need urgently but, as the SNP then demand a second referendum , the old divisions bitterness and acrimony will start again.”